Tamper-proof top closure for valved pressure-loaded containers

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A PRESSURIZED CONTAINER AND A TAMPER PROOF CLOSURE THEREFOR, SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING A HOLLOW BARREL HAVING A CENTRAL AXIS, A BOTTOM WALL CLOSING THE LOWER END OF THE BARREL AND A TOP WALL CLOSING THE UPPER END OF THE BARREL, AN ANNULAR OUTWARDLY AND UPWARDLY PROTRUDING CHIME COAXIAL WITH SAID AXIS AND JOINING THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE TOP WALL TO THE UPPER END OF THE BARREL, AND A MANUALLY CONTROLLABLE DISPENSING VALVE HAVING A DISPENSING HEAD CARRIED BY AND LOCATED CENTRALLY ABOVE THE TOP WALL, SAID CLOSURE COMPRISING (A) A HOLLOW CAP, THE CAP INCLUDING A TUBULAR WALL OF UNIFORM RADIAL THICKNESS, A TOP WALL CLOSING THE UPPER END OF THE TUBULAR WALL, THE OTHER END OF THE TUBULAR WALL BEING OPEN, (B) A RING COAXIAL WITH THE AXIS OF THE TUBULAR WALL AND SITUATED ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE CAP, (C) MEANS TIGHTLY SECURING THE RING TO THE CHIME WITH THE EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE CHIME COVERED BY THE RING AND THE EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE RING BEING EXPOSED, (D) A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED SQUAT BROAD LEGS RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE BARREL, INTERCONNECTING THE CAP AND THE RING AND RETAINING THE CAP AND RING IN AXIALLY SPACED RELATION, EACH LEG HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIMENSION SEVERAL TIMES GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE LEG, EACH PAIR OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ADJACENT LEGS DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY THROUGH SLOT, AND (E) THE CLOSURE COVERING THE DISPENSING VALVE AND THE TOP WALL AND BEING A ONE-PIECE INTEGRAL UNIT FORMED FROM A FLEXIBLE PLASTIC WHEREBY THE LEGS ARE SEVERABLE BY THE CUTTING EDGE OF A HOUSEHOLD KNIFE APPLIED BY HAND PRESSURE THEREBY TO ENABLE REMOVAL OF THE CAP FROM THE TOP OF THE CONTAINER AND EXPOSURE OF THE DISPENSING VALVE.